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Belting is the use of belts made of strong materials (usually leather) as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities). It is most often associated with educational institutions where it has been used as disciplinary measure but it is also applied domestically by parents. This practice has now been abolished by most schools, at least in the Western world, as it is seen by many as abusive and excessive punishment. A belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ...
Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ...
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Discipline is any training intended to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental development in a particular direction. ...
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Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a subject as a response to some unwanted behavior or disobedience that the subject has displayed. ...
The punisher can use his own belt (always at hand) or the one worn by the person to be punished, indeed in the mid-19th century many boys were made to wear a belt by their parents, in part to be used as a punishment device and as a permanent reminder; in other cases, especially in an institutional context, a separate belt is kept (e.g. in the head’s office) solely for disciplinary use, and possibly displayed, again as a warning. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The difference with a strapping, although in practice both terms are also used unprecisely as synonyms, is that a strap is harder, made from heavier and/or thicker leather, and may be specially made for discipline and have a handle (notably a prison strap), unlike a 'real' belt. A strap is a thin strip, usually of fabric or leather, used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag. ...
The beating is usually administered to the bare buttocks or back or both of the miscreant youth who bends over furniture or the punisher's lap. A belt can be used to lash in three ways: Beating is striking more than once, in violence, beating a drum, etc. ...
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Look up Back in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The human back is the large posterior area of the body rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. ...
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- doubled by holding both ends in one hand, this halves its length (necessary in case of bending over knee or lap) but increases its effective thickness, both making it behave more like a strap;
- single, while holding the buckle or wrapping that around the fist; its weight is reduced which results in softer impact, but its length increased
- least common but most severe, holding the buckle-less end, so that the buckle can 'bite' the flesh particularly hard.
In domestic discipline it is mainly used by fathers, while mothers rather use a slipper, or some kitchen utensil. - The military corporal punishment called sling belting was applied with the soldier's own musket sling on his bare buttocks
The term is also used figuratively for any beating in general, regardless of the implement (e.g. in Scotland, the tawse, a forked type of strap, was frequently called the belt) or even absence thereof, also in the figurative sense, such as a defeat or similarly unpleasant, painful and/or humiliating (e.g. verbal) treatment, or even an impersonal misfortune that feels as painful, such as a financial loss. A two-tailed leather tawse, produced for the BDSM market, resting on a pillow. ...
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